Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes About Decisions

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  The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

• Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

• Knowledge is the antidote to fear

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Tattoo, Spiritual, Wisdom

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.132, Harvard University Press

• As a man thinketh, so is he, and as a man chooseth, so is he.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Decision, A Man Thinketh

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1972). “Early Lectures: 1838-1842”, p.36, Harvard University Press

• Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Courage, Money

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1978). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1854-1861”, p.332, Harvard University Press

• The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity for facts, who makes up his decision on what he has seen. He is thoroughly persuaded of the truths of arithmetic. There is always a reason, in the man, for his good or bad fortune in making money. Men talk as if there were some magic about this. He knows that all goes on the old road, pound for pound, cent for cent - for every effect a perfect cause - and that good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Strong, Business

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.368

• Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Hands, People

• The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since there must be a decision, decides as he can, and hopes he has done justice and given satisfaction to the community

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Brave Face, Justice, Judging

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.413

• He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Determination, Men, Decision

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.71, Harvard University Press

• Every man finds a sanction for his simplest claims and deeds, in decisions of his own mind, which he calls Truth and Holiness.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Truth, Men, Decision

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1504, Delphi Classics

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